#uhhh what’s the thing kanon is from?

[le-agent-egg]

Sorry i gotta yap for a second. Why do Leon and Kanon have different last names if their dads are brothers.

Like it says in their wikis that Leon’s dad is Kanon’s dad’s older brother. So like. Why do they have different last names? The only explanations i can think of is that, either they had different last names at birth, either Leon or Kanon has their mom’s last name, or one of them has two dads (though i think this is the least likely since their parents were probably married in the late 80s or early 90s, and same sex marriage wasn’t legal back then like. Anywhere.)

This is my personal headcanon: their dads have the same last name, but Kanon has her mom’s last name, since she didn’t take her husband’s last name; Leon’s mom took her husband’s last name, which basically means Leon has no other option for a last name lmao

ALSO. MORE YAP ALERT TIME.

What’s Leon’s natural hair colour? Because it is said that he dyes it (side note why would you willingly dye your hair ginger-)

Here’s what I think: Leon is a natural blonde (womp womp) and I think this for a couple reasons. First off his beta design is blonde which I feel like would be a coolio reference. BUT SECOND. GET READY CAUSE IM GOING FULL ON BIO TEACHER ON YOU.

Kanon, while her wiki page says she has chestnut brown hair (bullshit look at her) probably has blonde hair. It looks like a really really pale blonde. Which means that her parents at least need to have one dominant gene and one recessive gene each (since blonde hair is a recessive trait) if we assume Kanon’s dad is blonde, which makes him recessive/recessive, that means that it’s probably likely that his parents (L and K’s paternal grandparents) at least have one blonde person, since getting recessive/recessive out of two dominant/recessive is pretty unlikely. This means that it’s very much possible for Leon’s dad to also have that recessive/recessive or dominant/recessive gene for hair. If we assume that Leon’s mom has at least one recessive allele, that means Leon could very well be blonde. Additionally it’s implied he does have decent genetics in terms of hair because yada yada constantly grows out - if he’s bleaching AND dyeing that shit there’s no way is it still fluffy and nice and grows out well and fast.

TO MAKE A VERY LONG STORY SHORT VIA THE DIAGRAM AGAIN:

Just for a little reference for myself, this is how i personally draw them (with genetic bullet points!!)

Thank you for coming to my ted talk.

[mrmcribs]

I want to preface this by apologizing to my 1 follower that I don’t know, for I have some harrowing news

I, Mr. McRibs, am a Danganronpa fan, and I have made my objectively correct, based, Danganronpa Character Tier List, that includes characters from Trigger Happy Havoc, Goodbye Despair, V3, and all the people you actually meet in UDG (except for 2 additions)

obligatory spoiler warning, I guess

For context, ive never watched the anime, only stuff talking about the anime, and I’ve only done the free time events with Toko, Chihiro, Taka, Gundamn, Mikan, Himiko, and Gonta. I have some general knowledge of other characters that you wouldn’t only know from their basic introductions, but don’t blame me if I don’t know about Cockichi’s super secret dialogue that reveals he has 3 dicks, also

now, the list itself

for tier context

Blocked is essentially “fuck you” toer

A+ and S+ is essentially A and S but like, I would probably that smash button, if you know what I mean

the top 2 tiers are uhhhhh, *special cases*

Now, let’s start with the fucking dregs, blocked characters

everyone here is self explanatory if you look at them, but Himiko is a bitch to my SDR2 waifu and Yuta just disturbs me with his presence, idk why

In D tier, I’m just gonna be honest, I don’t like 2/3rds of the asshole rivals, Byakuya fucked with DR1 “Best Girl”’s dead body and Nagito is Nagito. If you couldn’t tell, I’m not exactly a big Komahina shipper, because Hajime deserves better. I’d be too scared to ever talk to Mondo.

Tsumugi WOULD be blocked, but I just like her more, she would be in C if she didn’t write her kinks into V3 (*cough cough* Kiyo and the Monokubs *cough*) Monokuma and Monodam aren’t in blocked, because they’re funny little fellas

In C tier, which is just “I don’t dislike or like you” tier, Kyoko is neat but kinda…. well, kyoko. Miu would be in B but sadly, love hotel says otherwise. I get that Tenko is more that just “fuck men /neg”, but like, I can’t really just ignore that, mate. Akane is bland, and Taek- I mean Celestia is 100% a bitch that would rob me blind. I don’t really have anything to say about any of the other humans, besides Haiji. Yes, I do know he has THAT line, but like… I just kinda don’t care about it, it doesn’t go anywhere and one REALLY REALLY bad line doesn’t ruin a mentally ill fuck. The Mono-fellas there are just there because they’re also boring

in B tier, where I’m only gonna talk about only the bitches I REALLY care about, cutting off the characters I have nothing to talk about (Keebo, Aoi, Ibuki, Nekomaru, Sakura, Usami)

Kaito is such a bro, he’d just be cool to hang around. Korekiyo, Toko, and Syo all get to avoid C and below despite being very fucked up serial killers, because I like Korekiyo and UDG gave Toko/Syo a glowup and a girlfriend. Twogami I can’t explain why I like, he’s just cool and neat and cool. Kanon gets the cut because god, I love Ultra Despair Hagakure. Masaru is okay, just get therapy and stop mentioning wieners, I hate hot dogs.

In A tier, Peko gets to sit next to her husband Fuyuhiko because I really like them both. Kazuichi has nothing going for him besides his design and that one Kazuichi X Gundham X Sonia doujin, you know EXACTLY THE ONE IM TALKING ABOUT. Maki is just neat, and Ryoma is too good not to put in A. Sonia is a basic bitch, but refer to Kazuichi, and finally, SOMEONE GET THESE KIDS SOME FUCKING THERAPY

A+ Now, and uhhh, Goth Maid Mommy GF? Kokichi is just a little guy that make me feel things I don’t think I should feel about someone who would 100% bully me. Angie is here because she’s angie and her love hotel, despite the fact I actually hated her during V3 because of her cult BS. Milf is here for obvious reasons

Listen, Gonta would be in S+ if I wouldn’t actually be scared for my own safety, as Gonta is fucking massive in likely more places than one. Kaede is Kaede, an- w wait guys, don’t leave because Hifumi is in S guys I swear he’s not that gUYS WAIT PL-

Himiko and Taka are both people I maxed out relationships with, so I have had enough time with them if feel bad for not putting them here. Chiaki, Yasuhiro, and Komaru sound like a dream blut rotation, also WHO KEEPS LEAVING THE MENTALLY SCARED CHILDREN AT MY DOORSTEP

in S+, the highest normal tier, we have CHIHIRO. So, I’m the beginning of THH, I decided to try and really befriend one girl I really liked and one boy I really liked, so I chose Taka….*and chihiro*, long story short, I failed that objective. bro, I just love Hajime so fucking much, he’s the BEST PROTAG EVER, FUCK YOU IF YOU DISAGREE…*ignore the fact all 3 male protags are in S+, Makoto is too much of a nice little man to not be here and Shuichi gets here because he’s the hot depressed Emo boy.* Gundham is another of my favorite DR characters, because he’s GUNDHAM TANAKA, HISTORY’S GREATEST MONSTER!!! Mikan was my SDR2 waifu, and uhhhhhhhhhh, I may or may not be a major Simp for Yanderes, which *might* mean something. I’ve only seen DR:IF Mukuro, but like, she’s the best choice for Makoto and is also a Girlboss. TeruTeru only gets to be here because he’d 100% show me a good time.

and finally, my number 1 favorite Danganronpa character is none other than IZURU KAMAKURA!!!! i just can’t explain it, he interests me so fucking much and he’s so fucking cool and awesome and epic and he was one of my first U ranked characters I got in UTDP. Monodam is also here, because I love him nearly just as much

NOW FINALLY FINALLY, kitty :)

[bitchoftruth]

What was your favorite part on both Umineko and Higurashi?

this is so hard to answer for both for completely different reasons...its hard to CHOOSE in umi and hard to rememebr for higu lol

umi:

-erikas death in ep6 her whole monogue there is *chefs kiss*

-also in ep6 chick beatrice learning from kanon to become beatrice 

-ep8 beatrice and natsuhi talking and beatrice calling her mom......

there are so many more but these are the 3 i remembered first... 

higu: uhhh well i rewatched the anime this summer so i remember a bit of THAT but the vn is a haze. fingernail scene traumatized me for life does that count as favorite part. there are some other things i was going to say but ---

 i just realized you probably meant like, ep. for which i have the same problem. for umi its either 5 or 4 or 6 which is almost half of all available eps! for higu its again hard but i remember loving the tatarigoroshi most when i read it! but that was 10 years ago so who knows !! 

[romchomp]

That One Track from your favorite romance anime

So, I’m a whore for soundtracks. The amount of hours I’ve spent listening to various soundtracks is in the hundreds. Something I’ve noticed in discussions about good anime soundtracks is that romances are often left out, with the exception of Clannad and Your Lie in April. So here I am, ready to take the task nobody requested.

Before I start listing animes and their soundtracks I’d  like to first say that the thing about scores in anime, movies, video games, and even tv shows is that they usually have one track that’s easy to identify (ie. a theme song, a track that plays during a progression/training scene or a track that plays during the climax, etc.). Depending on the tone and atmosphere of the series, this track could be sad, fun, a mesh of the two, or something beyond those lines. Regardless it should affect how you feel and be memorable. So in this post, I’m talking about different romance anime and what I think is** that one track** from them.

**Because I’ve had troubles embedding the tracks into this post I’ll just leave a link to a playlist I made with all the tracks used on soundcloud and youtube**

1. Toradora- Lost My Pieces

There are a lot of tracks from Toradora that I adore, including Yuugure No Yakusoku and Ameiro Rondo. What makes Lost My Pieces work out, however, is the fact that it plays at the climax of the series and stands for a mental shift in the main character as well as a tonal shift in the series. What else is interesting is that this is the only time the track is ever played in Toradora. It really shows how effective it was, considering the track's popularity. When most people think of Toradora’s soundtrack they’ll think of Lost My Pieces. This is certainly** that one track** that will make you...feel things.

2. Clannad- Roaring Tides

This one is probably more arguable considering how many tracks in Clannad are severe tear jerkers. Personally, Roaring Tides has always been that one track in Clannad that would without a doubt fuck me up. There’s just something about that piano...and the...everything. It’s a very dramatic piece and man is it good at heightening the drama in Clannad. Of course, Nagisa and SnowFeild are very close seconds and I can’t forget to mention Town, Flow of Time, People; or Existence; or the goddamn ending Dango Daikazoku (why does this show hate us).

3. Fruits Basket (2001)- Secret

Fruits Basket has a generally wacky soundtrack that covers a variety of tones. However, if there is one track that could be associated with the darker moments in the anime, one that always played when one of the characters talked in depth about the zodiac curse, it’s Secret. This track is a little different from the ones in Toradora and Clannad though. This one’s purpose isn’t to make the viewer cry. I think the track only has that effect from a nostalgic standpoint; listening to the track on its own after the fact adds quite a bit of feeling to this one. Secret is more or less, meant to set the atmosphere. That, put together with how often the track was used, makes it one of the more memorable ones. I can't wait to add the reboot to this list.

4. Nana- Akai Ren

Nana’s soundtrack doesn’t get talked about that often even among its fans. I’m not talking about the vocal pieces that were played by Black Stones or Trapnest, but the background osts. The reason for this probably has to do with 1) the songs sung by Black Stones and Trapnest are on a separate CD than the background tracks and 2) there are a whopping 43 tracks on the CD of background tracks. Regardless, there are a number of tracks that stuck with me even after finishing the show and the best example of this would be Akai Ren, which made me cry EVERY SINGLE TIME it played. That piano still haunts me. What also haunts is the second ending, Starless Night. That one’s a close second.

5. Anohana- Secret Base

I’ve been avoiding using the openings and endings on this list, but I’ll make an exception for Secret Base considering it plays like a track in the background for emotional scenes on several occasions. I was considering using Last Train Home instead, but that track just...doesn’t hit the same way and isn't utilized nearly as often as Anohana's ed. Secret Base also has the advantage of not being played in its entirety until the most climatic and emotional part in the series (as if just a few seconds of the song wasn’t already enough).

6.  Your Lie in April- My Friend A Will Be My Accompanist

We all know the soundtrack for Your Lie in April is amazing. Whether it be the classical pieces performed by characters or the rest of the soundtrack that’s left for the background, but I think My Friend A is a particular track that’s memorable and easy to listen to on its own. It plays often throughout the show and because of that, I think it’s the most identifiable piece in the series. My Friend A is beautiful. It doesn’t even need the context of the show to make it an emotional listening experience. If anything this gives context to the show.

7. My Little Monster- Tetsukazu no Kanjou

Not as much of a tear jerker as it is just an adorable track that I often come back to. Maybe it’s a more of a track that elicits happy tears? My Little Monster’s soundtrack reminds me of Toradora’s in the sense that they both have fun scores that feature mostly quirky tracks with a few emotional ones sprinkled in. For this series,  it’s emotional one is Tetsukazu no Kanjou, which the show utilizes quite well. It often plays when the audience discovers something new about a character or see an emotional shift in them.

8. Snow White with the Red Hair- Reconciliation: The Beginning of Two People

The best word to describe Shirayuki’s soundtrack would be magical; it's a true fantasy romance score. I was hesitant to mention this soundtrack at all because at first I felt that while Reconciliation is a gorgeous piece, it’s not overwhelmingly emotional, but I’m listening to it right now and have realized that uhhh it’s very emotional and I don’t know what I was thinking. And looking back, this track in specific added a lot to scenes and did, in fact, bring up several emotions. While (maybe) not tear-jerking, the track would definitely have you gushing at how sweet and precious the main couple is.

9. Bloom Into You- Earnest Wish

You know, you hear a lot of piano in romance series. A lot of violin. A lot of flute. But  clarinet? That's not as common.  This track really makes you wish there was more luckily, a lot of the other pieces on Bloom Into You's soundtrack also have clarinet in them. Anyways, any moment Earnest Wish started playing...I knew shit was about to go down. There was usually some dramatic wind (oftentimes blowing Touka’s hair) when it started playing. Something new would be revealed about the character's backstory or their insecurities. Good piece. Very good piece.

10. Kanon- Winter Fireworks

Kanon has the misfortune of forever being compared to Clannad and living in its shadow. Something I think, however, that doesn’t deserve to be compared to Clannad would be Kanon’s soundtrack. Its score is unique and successfully conveys a winter essence. Winter Fireworks is the best example, but there are so many other amazing tracks. I just [making aggressive hand gestures] really love it.

11. Your Name- Sparkle

Your Name is really good at using its score to accelerate emotional scenes and generally flow with the mood of the film. Its best example of this would be Sparkle, which plays at the climax and man does it work. The pace of the track has the perfect amount of energy to go along with a beautiful running sequence that was emotional as all hell.

So far I have only talked about tear-jerker tracks, but romances are also completely capable of having a track memorable by how warm and happy it is.

12. Toradora (again)- Startup

Startup is probably the easiest to remember/call out but I think Happy Monday is a really close second that no one talks about. Startup is used similarly to Lost My Pieces, though more often. Where Lost My Pieces plays at an emotional climax, representing a progression in the characters, Startup always plays when one of the main characters is making a stride to better themselves or their situation (hence, progressing the story). It’s a great track and does its job well.

13. Kaichou wa Maid Sama- Main Theme

Man, I could dance to this track. I remember always feeling giddy when this track started playing. You knew things were about to get exciting. It’s the perfect amount of fun and cheesy for a hilarious and sweet shoujo such as Maid Sama.

14. Princess Jellyfish- Umi to Tsuki no Yume

While it’s hard to stream the entirety of Princess Jellyfish’s soundtrack for free, there are a few tracks that are easily accessible on youtube. Umi to Tsuki no Yume is one of them and lucky for me, it’s one of my favorite tracks as well as one that seemed to stick out to others as well. It’s very befitting of the show’s flamboyant yet down to earth atmosphere.

15. His and Her Circumstances- Peace Reigns in the Land

I love every track from Kare Kano but this one especially left a mark on me. There’s plenty of lovely piano pieces that you could you point to as that one track but I personally find the tracks with trumpet solos and soft drums to be the charming point in its score. Peace Reigns in the Land normally plays sometime during the beginning of episodes and really leaves you feeling like everything is gonna be okay. As for accessibility to the soundtrack, there are a few tracks you can find on Youtube and I managed to find the entirety of the soundtrack here on Soundcloud uploaded only five days ago (so who knows how long it'll be up).

16. Nisekoi- Meirou

Nisekoi’s production value was always too good for its own good and its soundtrack is no exception. I was torn between a number of tracks from Nisekoi to mention. Should I go with the sweet and warm Lost of Words that reminds me of summer? Or the fun and goofy Meirou I can still remember playing at the end of each episode years after watching? Or what if I go with the more bleak Nikuhaku to represent that one track that stuck out in the series? Well. It’s Meirou. Hate to be anticlimactic, but Meirou captures the tone and atmosphere of the series better than any other track in the series. It's sweet but in a ridiculous kind of way.

17. Honey and Clover- Be Careful of Being Tricked!

I absolutely adore Honey and Clover’s soundtrack. It has an interesting range of instruments that gives it a unique charm. Be Careful of Being Tricked is no exception with its use of bongos, the organ, and acoustic guitar along with humming... It’s a good time. Bon Bon Bereppa was another track I thought of using for this list. Both tracks scream "How did I get myself in this situation?". It was really hard to pick one over the other, to be honest. It came down to the organ.

18. Lovely Complex- Orchestra Na Risa

Generally, the score of Lovely Complex is goofy and a riot to listen to on its own. Orchestra Na Risa is one of the slower pieces, and a touching one at that. Somehow it manages to feel sweet and whimsical while still fitting in with all the other ridiculous tracks and antics in the show itself.

Honorable mentions??

Doukyuusei (the whole thing tbh)

From Up on Poppy Hill- Kokurikozaka kara (theme song)

Air TV- Natsukage

Yosuga no Sora- Kioku

Now there are plenty of romance anime I have yet to watch and I hope many of them will make me think to myself "Wow, this would've made a great addition to that blog post I made about romance anime with good soundtracks". There are certain anime I’m even prepared for. But for now, I’m just writing about what I already know [it’s not a lot].

Here is a playlist of the all the tracks I listed in this blog post and here's a playlist I made of all my favorite romance anime tracks that you can check out if you feel inclined.

[akatokuro]

The Inevitable StS Rewatch, Episode 36

One of the most truly pressing issues in Saint Seiya canon: why the fuck is Milo like this?

- I SEE THAT SAGA SENSED THAT AIOLOS WAS TAKING A BATH, SO HE FELT THE NEED TO JUMP IN TOO! and thus a meme was born

- Uhhhh, Saga? I know you probably had a crush on Aiolos at all, but... really, dude? ????????

- AND HEEEERE HEEEEE ISSSSSSSS

- Milo's ridiculous ego is on full display the second he opens his fucking mouth. No "what's going on, Pope?" or "How may I serve you?" but "WOW, POPE, FOR YOU TO SUMMON A GOLD SAINT! (DID I MENTION I'M A GOLD SAINT, BECAUSE I AM.)

- MILO. ALL HE FUCKING DID WAS ASK IF YOU KNEW ABOUT THE SITUATION. What is the need for you to add "heh, not that I care, since I'm so awesome, just so you know!" Yes, a lot of Gold Saints have pretty overinflated egos - yume and I actually thought about it, and we're pretty sure Camus is just about the ONLY one who doesn't pull some form of smug "heh, a Bronze trying to fight a Gold? lmao, and also, rofl" but Scorpio Milo is... something else.

- Ikki working for Sanctuary at first still feels really weird and ill-fitting. Well, fortunately, it's not really dwelled on that much, so it's easily ignored! That's one of the good things about there being no real Saint Seiya canon... <_<

- In a way, though, it is certainly fitting that Milo's scene here is our first proper introduction to a "Gold Saint", because Milo certainly thinks he is THE Gold Saint in a lot of ways. It drips from the way he responds to everything. "Measly Bronze Saints, they must be crazy, lol!" It's actually really interesting to think he was originally planned to be Hyouga's master. Like, in some ways that really fits - Smugswan had to get the smug and the overinflated sense of ego from somewhere, and it sure as hell wasn't Camus!

- It's also sort of interesting because Kurumada pulled the switcheroo on the basis of "oooh, ice/water themed signs, oooh!" But even at this stage, Milo definitely has a very, very different personality than Marshmallow Saint Camus. What would he and Hyouga's hypothetical encounter have looked like, really...?

- I'm not trying to imply, by the way, that Milo's sense of egotism is solely about straightforwardly boosting himself up - because it's not. It's intertwined with his perception of Saint honor and what it means to him to embody that, which becomes clear in how he deals with Camus, Hyouga, and Kanon respectively later on. It's also intertwined with a negative five thousand debuff to his intelligence stat, but, you know.

- I love Saga just sort of ignoring Milo going WHAT? A BRONZE BEATING A SILVER? RIDICULOUS, I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A THING! and continuing to exposit. Saga, why the fuck did you summon Milo of all people here to deal with this in the first place? I mean, not only would leaning on Aphrodite, Deathmask, or even Shura make infinitely more sense, but... it's fucking Milo. Did your bath-bonding with Aiolos rattle your judgment temporarily?  

- And right back at him, Milo basically brushes aside poor Saga's exposition to go "ARE YOU SERIOUSLY BOTHERING THE GREAT KONO MILO WITH THIS BULLSHIT, POPE? REALLY??? KONO MILO, THE GOLD SAINT???"

- Saga begins to realize his terrible, terrible mistake and cuts off Milo in the middle of his bitching, but Milo ignores him to continue whining.

- See, it'd be one thing if Milo suggested that the situation bore more investigation, or perhaps these Bronze Saints were being misled so they shouldn't be so fast to jump to the execution option, but no. It's all about his fucking pride.

- Saga is getting so edgy and short at this point and oh my god I cannot believe Milo is still fucking trying to argue with him THIS IS THE FUCKING POPE WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU

- Like, yume and I utterly lost our fucking minds at Milo blowing off Athena to haze Kanon when we were re-watching the Hades OAVs, but oh god it is extremely fucking consistent with this characterization here

- Poor Saga. "LOOK, THEY HAVE A FUCKING GOLD CLOTH, OKAY!?!? JESUS CHRIST WHY THE FUCK DID I NOT GET APHRODITE TO DO THIS"

- okay okay i know it's because lol seat of the pants kurumada making shit up as he went along and was promptly retconned out because it makes no sense but i will never stop laughing at milo being shocked that there are twelve gold saints. WHAT??? NOT JUST SCORPIO AND SAGITTARIUS???? WHO WOULD HAVE EVER GUESSED???? THEY COME IN, LIKE, A SET????

- Kanon pretending he's Sea Dragon is the funniest moment in Saint Seiya, but Milo's spectacular intelligence debuff is also a consistent point of hilarity.

- Shaina's crush on Seiya might be, like, one of my least favorite things in StS seriously. It's so unnecessary and it IS basically a pitch-perfect example of that "behind the ruthless, frightening female warrior lies ~the soft heart of a woman~ that only the dreamy male protagonist can truly uncover!" trope that I fucking despise with all my being.

- yume and I were cracking the fuck up to discover that the Tencent version of this sequence has Seiya bringing up the Saintias when Shaina explains the mask issue. Like, my issues with Saintia Sho as a series aside, that's just really adorable.

- The mask issue in general... there are really interesting things that you could do with it, both for Sainthood in general and for Shaina as an individual (the vibe I get is that Shaina takes it unusually seriously, even though it is accepted as a general rule) since it feels like sort of a mark of sexism that would be a part of an old, traditional, religious order - but I can't say I'm a fan of any attempts so far in the series to "address" it. Omega was a thing, and that thing was Bad.

- "Kill or love" is pretty bullshit, though. How about "kill or be expelled from Sanctuary"? I also don't really like Seiya being all "what, is that the only reason?" when he thinks it's about humiliation/pride - like, what's wrong with that? It makes sense with how Shaina has been characterized...

- this flashback is so fucking stupid

- OH NO, SEIYA, YOU SAW ME PET A RABBIT WHEN YOU WERE A LITTLE KID AND I WAS A TEENAGER AND THUS YOU HAVE UNLOCKED MY SOFT WOMAN'S HEART! I bet Seiya fucking tried to jump a high bar, too, as every single woman from the Fate franchise happened to be strolling by?

- Like, Shaina, did you fall in love with this little kid who talked down to you then or... because uhhh...

- Also, like, yeah, it's Saint Seiya, and "pulled things out of my ass" and "retconned" are the name of the game, but come on, there was no indication of this kind of past in all the screentime Shaina has had up until this point. Wasn't her grudge against him regarding Marin and Cassios and being defeated by him in battle enough? Do we really have to enforce her ~femininity~ that Seiya ~exposed~ too? Ugh ugh ugh.

- Whatever, I really do like Shaina, this garbage aside. It's just a shame we fell back on this dumb trope of all things to justify her transition into one of the good guys when it was wholly unneeded.

- Aaaand we're back to Milo and Saga. I love how the framing of this episode implies that Saga has been sitting there having to explain things very slowly to Milo all fucking day. Gonna need another bath to unwind after this shit, Gemini.

- HAVE I MENTIONED, POPE, THAT I AM A GOLD SAINT, AND THUS I AM AMAZING? I'M NOT SURE YOU KNEW. LET ME MENTION IT AGAIN. I'M A GOLD SAINT, BY THE WAY.

- And Lia enters the scene!

- Okada made this an explicit issue in Episode G, but the contrast between fully-decked-out-in-his-Cloth "have I mentioned in the last five minutes that I am a Gold Saint, preen preen" Milo and Lia--who strolls in WITHOUT his Cloth, just his regular training clothes - is really striking.

- Milo's face when Lia comes in... hmmm...

- I don't think Saga, like, actively made a point of or went out of his way to play ~mind games~ with Aiolia or anything, but this is definitely a deliberate passive-aggressive diss. The kind you would give when it's like, ah yes, I ruined this kid's life, let me just innocuously twist the knife a little here...

- You really can understand why Aiolia is as fucking mad and as fucking repressed as he is, from the dressed-up hostility coming from both sides in this whole amazing shitstorm.

- This is... an amazing moment. "What if I still wanted Milo to go?" "Eh, I'd kick his fucking ass." And Milo's EXCUSE ME!?!?! reaction lmfaooooo

- You can just sense the stony bitterness coming off of Lia here, though? This is a dangerous game to play, considering the whole rule about "no duels between Saints." Just the sheer dismissiveness of it, too. Just as Saga gets in his passive-aggressive digs against Aiolia, Lia gets his in against... Milo, lol?

- And Milo starts trying to argue with the Pope AGAIN and Saga finally just tells him to shut the hell up. Saga confirmed for legitimately impressive patience honestly.

- God, and Lia just leaves once he gets the confirmation. I LOVE that Aiolia went through this whole thing since coming in without saying a single fucking word to Milo or sparing him more than a glance. Please, just ask this man about his opinion of Scorpio Milo, I’m begging you.

- MILO FOR FUCK'S SAKE.

- And Saga is the one who points out that, BECAUSE of his history and his relation to Aiolos, he has a compelling reason to work on this case in particular. Milo just stops at HOW COULD YOU RELY ON HIM HE HAS TRAITOR'S BLOOD. The intelligence debuff is real.

- But, yeah, you can tell Lia has cause to be as cold, dismissive, and passive-aggressive towards Milo as he was. They... they do not have a good relationship.  

- It legitimately boggles my mind how there is a weird semi-common fanon about Milo and Lia being close friends, or Milo being this great guy who was so supportive of him. I've run across it multiple times in my hunts for cute fanart or interesting discussion, and I feel like I'm staring at an incomprehensible alien entity every time. Like. Where did you get that. How did. The characterization we get from both of them indicates the exact opposite. I would not be remotely surprised if Aiolia, as bitter and angry as he truly is, is going to hold a grudge against Milo until the end of time, long after Milo has forgotten about it.

- Rather than being his friend, Milo is literally the ONLY Gold Saint we see actually giving Aiolia shit for being a traitor's brother. Like I mentioned back in the Silver Saint scene with Aiolia, yume and I actually talked about this - since she is a raving Aiolia fan and all - about the possible sources of Lia's torment from his peers. The shitty Silver Saints, yes, and Deathmask, yes, because he's actively malicious in general, but he wouldn't be rubbing it in because he actually cares or thinks Lia having "traitor blood" actually means something. MILO sure does, though!

- Milo is prideful, often in shallow ways, and incredibly overbearing about that pride, thinking he has the right to lecture and judge and override others, including Athena herself. There is like literally no question in my mind that he is friends with Camus because Camus is basically the only person who knows him who will actually tolerate him.

- Milo: "Hmm, lots of people don't trust the Pope, and no one has seen his face. WHAT COULD IT MEAN??? welp back to my temple wonder what camus is up to"

- "Brother, I will make up for your sin, even if I have to sacrifice my life!" with a thousand-yard stare. Aiolia, you really, really need some therapy, badly...

- Man, I was gonna cover more episodes with this writeup, but it ends up I had a lot of ranting bottled up about GOD MILO WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU. Oh well. Next time, Aiolia continues to have serious, serious psychological problems! A good time is had by all!

[firebirdsdaughter]

Hee hee hee...

... I found a Zi-O 14 raw...

I’m gonna watch it!

(I’m still tired though, so this’ll likely be a speed through and then I’ll do another post later, but anyway, more below!)

(So it turns out I lied. I got way to into the episode. Sorry.)

In no order:

YES! Geiz you softie, I knew it. Even if you’re gonna defend it by saying it’s bc you want to be the one to kill him or whatever, I knew you weren’t gonna leave it at that.

It’s making me think of something from the musical ep of Buffy (disclaimer: I have not actually watched Buffy I just have the music from that ep bc... I love show tunes. No. Really. That’s why.). Weird comparison, I know, but hear me out--Spike’s got this line that goes (w/ some less applicable parts removed) ‘I hope she fries ... I better help her out.’ Literally, I feel like that's what happened here. Geiz is like ‘I totally do not care at all that he is dead, absolutely not, not for any reason whatsoever, I’m going to leave now good-bye. ............ OkaymaybeI’mgonnagosavehim. But only bc I want to be the one to kill him. Not bc I care at all in any way even a little bit.’

RYUKI!

Yeah, yeah. I know it’s just Tsukasa, but, I mean... Ryuki.

Aw, he did the henshin kinda like how Takeru used to do it. ^^ God, Tsukasa, what are you doing giving me warm fuzzies?

THREE GHOST NO WAITING.

TSUKASA LOOK WHERE YOU’RE THROWING YOUR SHIT GO PICK THAT SWORD UP RIGHT NOW!

NO! MY BABY! WHY HAVE THE LAST THREE TAGS BEEN IN ALL CAPS?

Okay, yeah, but... We already know Takeru has one/it. So... Hm. Does Tsukasa know that? At this point I just never take anything this man says or does at face value, so...

Ooop. Yup. Guessing he dropped that on purpose. What is your plan here, Tsukasa?

SOUGO JUST LOADED TAKERU INTO THE TIME MAJIN. HE’S MAKING HIM DRIVE. I LOVE THESE TWO GOOFBALLS THEY ARE SO CUTE.

Wait. Is future¡nonRider¡Takeru gonna meet past¡Rider¡Takeru?

OH. Oh... Wow. Okay. Not the plan I was expecting to be implemented. A... Apparently Takeru’s new Force Push works on physical stuff, too. Alright then! Sure, I’ll take it!

WAIT IF GHOST SOUGO ISN’T THERE HOW IS TAKERU GONNA GET BACK???

Oh, hey Woz. I guess. He seems... A little frustrated about something?

Sougo, why are you making a face like you got caught talking in class? You don’t have to feel bad about this. You did a good. A... Side from semi-stranding Takeru in the past?

Wait... If the incident never occurred, then Another Ghost was never created, then Takeru never lost his memories, then he never got deRidered... But the Ghost Watch exists so he should still be deRidered.... Augh! I knew I didn’t have the brain for this time travel stuff! I’m gonna stop thinking about it.

And now Uhr (or whatever his name is) is gonna pout. Which is probably gonna be destructive.

But also... MAKOTO!!!

Though... Why is Makoto here? Though, I guess I’m not sure when exactly this would fall during Ghost, since we weren’t given any timeline indication for it. Seems to be after Takeru and Makoto made up, though... I guess he was in the area? And then saw Takeru getting attacked.

Yeah, okay, so he’s still Spectre, which means the Ghost timeline hasn't been erased yet.

Aw, and he doesn’t know it’s not the Takeru from his time. So... Are we gonna have two Takeru’s? I’m curious.

IT JUST APPEARED! NOW IF PAST¡TAKERU SHOWS UP WE WILL HAVE FIVE FOUR GHOSTS!!!

Unfortunately, we lost one bc Tsukasa is a dick.

I’m assuming Takeru’s memories are back, too.

Makoto is just staring at him (looking absolutely fantastic, might I add) like ‘dude wtf are you okay? What’s going on?’

THEY DID THE POSES THEY SAID THE THINGS

Uhr, why are you surprised? Did you not do your research or something? YOU PICKED A FIGHT W/ THE ACTUAL KAMEN RIDER GHOST.

I realise this is all gonna get erased by the end of this (come to think if you erase the Ghost Timeline... What happens to Makoto and Kanon? I mean, Takeru never dies... Do they never get sucked into Gamma? Bc the accident never occurs, or bc Gamma never exists? And if Gamma never exists... What about Alain? And his family? Oh Dear.) so this won’t happen, but it’s really funny think about Makoto mentioning this to the Takeru of the past later and having 2015¡Takeru be like ‘Makotonii-chan wth are you talking about?’ and Makoto is like ‘Wth do you mean wth? YOU WERE THERE!’

SWARTZ JUST SHOWS UP TO SCOLD HIM. I love this evil time manipulating family that hates each other.

Okay, but Uhr is gonna turn the brother into Another Ghost anyway... But now he’s not dead, so destroying the Another Ride Watch isn’t a moral dilemma anymore.

And there go Makoto and Takeru.

EXCEPT THAT’S TAKERU FROM THE FUTURE HOW IS HE GETTING BACK.

Wait... Is Geiz still in 2015? Maybe he can give him a hand.

Sougo, did you just realise that Woz does not actually have your best interests in mind? I’ve known that since nigh ten episodes ago.

I feel like Makoto was either just like ‘Takeru what the hell is going on?’, ‘What are you doing here?’ or, ‘Weren’t you wearing something else half nd hour ago?’ (okay, probably not that last one). And now Takeru is scrambling bc he can’t very well be like ‘yeah I’m actually Takeru from the future who forgot he was a Kamen Rider etc.’

Mika there w/ the accidental save. I’m sure a little sister looking for her brother is gonna hit a nerve w/ Makoto, too...

Poor Makoto. He’s getting Gaim Arc Tsukuyomi’d. It’s okay, honey, this’ll all have never have happened by the end of this episode.

He’s still, like, two dimensional, though. Physically, I mean. Like, Flat Stanley. He can fit through tight spaces if he turns sideways.

Takeru is such a terrible liar he has to look the opposite direction. It’d be really funny if the Takeru of 2015 came running up right after they leave. Poor Makoto would be so confused. Even more than he already is.

Poor guy, I’m so sorry. Don’t worry. Like I said, by the end of this, this’ll never have happened.

Aw, Geiz came back. I’m glad he’s alright.

Also... OH MY GOD I JUST NOTICED SOUGO MOPING IN THE CORNER.

It sounds like he’s complaining, but I don’t speak Japanese, so I’m not sure. I’m really confused as to why Takeru didn’t tell them, though... Like, did he think they wouldn’t believe him?

Oh, yeah... What’d they tell Junichiro? He doesn’t seem as worried as he’d presumably be if he knew Sougo was technically dead...

Tsukuyomi taking one for the team w/ this conversation. Geiz is just sitting there like ‘this is one of the most awkward moments of my life.’

Oh my gosh, they just came in. Poor Takeru’s running around so much. His feet have gotta hurt by now.

Takeru don’t talk to Sougo when you know no one else can see him, for pity’s sake.

See what I mean? Everyone is looking at you like you’re nuts.

Oh for... SERIOUSLY? YOU’RE ONLY TELLING THEM NOW? You bloody little troll. It’s okay, I still love you.

I’m... Pretty sure they just mentioned Akari. Aw, that’s sweet. They couldn’t get her back, but they didn’t forget her.

I’m starting to wonder if the Ghost cast just have a group chat and Takeru’s actor was like ‘hey who’s free during this time period?’ and these are the folks who could make it.

Aw, Geiz is embarrassed. I saw you doing the awkward embarrassed thing. Poor Tsukuyomi just collapses in a chair.

Oh my gosh... Geiz is mad that that they made him embarrassed and have feelings, so he’s got both Sougo and Takeru by the shoulders like an angry big brother or something, and poor Takeru’s trying to explain, I love this episode. I also love how bad Geiz is at feelings.

Wait, though... Did they give Sougo his body back, or did they just temporarily revitalise his ghost? Bc I seem to remember that while Takeru was a ghost, he was capable of being corporeal at times.

I love how Sougo is just nodding along w/ what Takeru’s saying like ‘Sempai, save me!’

Geiz is like ‘You asshole... I GOT DOUBLE RIDER KICKED FOR YOU!’ He’s totally gonna try and kill him again for this...

This is totally like that moment in Dekaranger when Hoji got huffy about something and stalked out and the rest of the team just started giggling and someone literally said ‘He’s so bad at feelings!’ Bc Geiz is very bad at feelings. I love him, he’s so hopeless.

Yeah, it’s fine, Takeru was able to make it so he was no longer reanimated. And confused the hell out of poor Makoto in the process!

Geiz is also embarrassed about the Ghost Ride Watch getting destroyed. It’s okay, peaches, you got double Rider Kicked, remember? Anyway, Takeru’s got one. Well, I mean... Presumably it’s the same one. Just... It’s in a time loop. And it will be until we finish changing time. At least we know it’ll always come back, bc Puma Zi-O has to have it for Geiz to steal in the first place.

Aw, the Time Jacker sibs are working together! Guess Dad frustrated.

Robot fights? In my Kamen Rider? It’s more likely than you’d think!

Aw, look at that. They just got their gamers on.

Oh, nope, now we’re Build and Cross-z.

God, you boys REALLY SUCK at not being in sync. Are you sure you weren’t meant to work together?

Woz here, trying manipulate Tsukasa. Please. You don’t play a player.

Still excited for the day Geiz uses Sougo’s name.

Geiz here, sharing the powers again.

Tsukasa is sitting in this construction equipment like one of your french girls.

I think Tsukasa just asked Woz who he was talking to, and Woz was like ‘Uhhh... I dunno?’

I just realised... Sougo’s Decade Armour has a barcode on it?

YES! THANK YOU! I knew I could count on you, Tsukasa. He just yelled at Woz to either stop or be quiet, I’m pretty sure, snatched the book and closed it. Bringing back Masahiro was a great choice, I love this. So long as he can keep it up. I hope he’s not overdoing it between this and Jinga.

Either that or he said ‘too long,’ which is also true.

Oooooooo. He can use two Riders at once on the sword.

Woz, are you just realising Tsukasa is doing what he wants, not what you want? Seriously?

Like I said, I do trust Tsukasa to at least have noble intentions/goals, even if his methods are rather... Questionable at times. I do believe he does take his post as a Kamen Rider seriously. Even if he’s... Tsukasa.

The Decade Armour is chanting ‘HEI-SEI HEI-SEI HEI-SEI etc. etc.’ and I’m afraid I must admit I love it.

Aw, Tsukuyomi and Takeru waited for him to wake up. Geiz isn’t there bc he’s embarrassed.

Junichiro is scared of Tsukasa, and you know what, valid.

Also Geiz is gonna kill something and for once it might not be Sougo. It’s okay, dude. Like I said, at the end of the day, he is a Kamen Rider, the goddamn leggy bastard.

HE’S JUST EATING THE FOOD OH MY GOD THIS MAN IS UNSTOPPABLE.

I love how he apparently takes the camera off to eat.

And Tsukasa is still himself, even though the Decade Ride Watch exists... Hmm... So either the thing about there being two Koutas was true, or... There’s something else going one w/ leg asshole here that allowed him to keep his memories when even Fruit Jesus lost them.

That’s... Actually an okay photo? Tsukasa, have you improved?

Geiz is gonna try and kill him again. Sorry, sweetie, he’s just like This. I wouldn’t advise picking a fight right now, he’s been around the block multiple times. He’d just trash you again.

Is Woz... In the scene? Or is he... Not? Is he trying to predict Tsukasa? Oh, this’ll be interesting. Tsukasa vs Woz.

Geiz is still glaring, Tsukuyomi looks a little like a frightened rabbit.  Zi-Ot3 isn’t sure what to make of the leggy bastard just yet.

So, the preview...: Is Puma Zi-O planning to beat his past self into submission? That’s... Dark. What’s the relationship between Woz and this Kisshan fellow? Did Puma Zi-O feel like Woz was screwing up, so he sent Kisshan back, or was this the plan from the start? Does Woz even actually work for Puma Zi-O? Is he just playing a part and biding his time for something else? Looks like, as a comment I saw put it quite well, Puma Zi-O is entering the chat next week. Kisshan is gonna throw Geiz and Tsukuyomi around, much to Sougo’s horror, it appears. And Tsukasa... Not sure what Tsukasa is up to yet. Not that I expected to know.

Oh, yeah, and wasn’t there a recent scan leak of Geiz’s Time Majin using a Diend Ride Watch? So... Are we actually gonna be seeing Kaito, or... What? Bc Kaito and Geiz, that’d be a pair. Kaito would probably tease him, and Geiz would fall for it every single time. We’ll see. I have no expectations as far as returns go bc I know they’re limited by availability and willingness, so let’s just go with the flow!

Alright. I’m sorry this was so long. Virtual toffees for anyone who read all that. I still love Geiz, he’s bad at emotions and embarrassed by feelings, I love it. Presuming we’re gonna have a ‘Puma Zi-O is my enemy, Tokiwa Sougo is my friend’ moment at some point (kinda like Ryuuga had over Katsuragi and Sento respectively). Poor Tsukuyomi is trying to wrangle these idiots, but I wish they’d give her a little bit more to do. Tsukasa remains Tsukasa, not surprisingly. Hope to see more of the bitter Time fam that hates each other in the future. Who knows, since Sougo is going to 2068 next week, maybe we’ll even get to meet Goggles.

Also, for anyone wondering why it says ‘Puma Zi-O’ all over this... Well, my computer kept correcting ‘Ouma’ to ‘Puma’ and I eventually decided that ‘Puma’ was funnier. That’s all.

Here’s a shot of Makoto looking attractive despite poor quality to finish off:

[floopers]

in one go

saw the new jpn bandori cards come out, specifically this one with sayo and I said I wanted to see sayo eat the cotton candy like this and uhhh oops

idk any context for the new cards

[AO3]

word count: 1793

Watching Sayo trying to eat cotton candy in the most awkward way possible isn’t something Misaki thought she’d ever witness, but here she was, seeing it all happen in front of her.

Misaki’s half-tempted to spin on her heels and walk away, pretend she didn’t even see anything. But the way Sayo looks like she’s actually struggling gives rise to a sort of pity Misaki didn’t think she’d feel. It’s almost like watching a train wreck, like something bad happening but not being able to look away.

Which is actually an apt description of Hello! Happy World, except for the fact that Misaki’s the one who has to clean up their wrecks too. And, well, it looks like she might have to do that here too for Sayo.

… how does she always find herself in these situations?

“Er, Sayo-senpai?” Misaki hesitantly calls out. Sayo freezes in place, and it’s almost sort of funny how she slowly turns her head to look over at Misaki, with some of the cotton candy in her mouth. Misaki would turn away to give Sayo the chance to compose herself, but Sayo is already quickly pulling the giant fluff of candy away from her face. Misaki pretends not to notice the embarrassed blush on Sayo’s face, busying herself with glancing at the bushes off to the side instead.

“What are you doing here, Okusawa-san?” Sayo asks, stiffly. Misaki knows she doesn’t mean anything by it, but the way Sayo speaks sounds… accusatory. It’s just how her senpai is, Misaki tells herself.

“Er, I was here with Kanon-san and Kokoro-chan and then we got lost. So I decided to buy some snacks while looking for them, and then I saw you here.”

“… ah.” Sayo nods like she’s found Misaki’s answer perfectly acceptable. Misaki tries not to feel offense. Instead, she looks at the cotton candy.

“Have… you never tried cotton candy before, Sayo-senpai?” Misaki can’t help but ask, genuinely curious. It must be true, seeing Sayo trying to figure out how to eat the fluffy candy. It’s actually… pretty funny, kind of cute, seeing her normally serious senpai do something silly like that.

Misaki can see Sayo freeze up. Oops. That definitely wasn’t the best thing to say, and Misaki’s going to have Sayo coming for her life—

“I recommend you start from the top, it might be easier,” Misaki quickly says. And Sayo takes the bait, though not without looking at Misaki skeptically first. For what reason, Misaki doesn’t know, it isn’t as if Misaki’s actually saying something unreasonable.

After several moments of awkward staring, Sayo finally looks back at her cotton candy and slowly takes a bite out of the top of it, like she’s unsure if the candy might just go and bite her back. It honestly looks really funny, not that Misaki would say that aloud right now.

“Ah, it dissolves right on your tongue, you don’t really need to bite it,” Misaki explains.

“… hm.” Sayo nods in acknowledgement. Her attempt’s gone much better than… whatever Misaki had seen her trying to do earlier. Who’d even try to eat cotton candy from the bottom?

“You could also just grab it with your other hand and put it in your mouth? I’ve seen some people do that too,” Misaki adds.

Sayo glances over at her before deciding to do just that. It looks perfectly normal. Not that Misaki was really expecting anything else to happen, but after everything else she’s seen, it does seem… a little anti-climatic that nothing funny happens. Sayo seems disappointed about it too, if that even makes sense.

“Thank you for your help, Okusawa-san,” Sayo finally says, and returns to eating her cotton candy with her newly learned techniques.

“You’re welcome,” Misaki says, and turns around to leave Sayo in peace to her cotton candy. What was she even doing again—oh! Right. Trying to find Kanon and Kokoro. Which, considering the two of them, might just be in a completely different festival on the other side of town instead.

… she really hopes that didn’t happen.

So Misaki returns to wandering through the crowd, which actually doesn’t really help, not that she expected it to. She’s tried calling both of them but neither of them are picking up their phones. With this crowd and Kokoro most likely pulling on Kanon’s arm the whole way, she’s sure Kanon can barely even notice her phone ringing. Misaki’s hoping Kanon’s still hanging in there.

A good deal of time passes, so Misaki’s surprised when she somehow chances on Sayo again. She’s… buying more cotton candy. Sayo looks just as equally surprised to see her there, frozen in place like she’s caught doing something bad.

“… Okusawa-san,” she finally says.

“… hello again, Sayo-senpai.”

They stare at each. The vendor politely clears his throat. Sayo breaks contact to grab her cotton candy, and returns to staring at Misaki.

“I’m buying one for Hina,” Sayo suddenly explains, clearly feeling the need to. Misaki doesn’t point out that Sayo is buying two of them, but she slowly nods.

“Onee-chan! Oh! And, Misaki-chan!”

Thankfully, Hina finds them before they get into another round of awkwardness. She bounds right up to them with the biggest smile on her face, clearly about to leap onto her sister before Sayo holds out the cotton candy in her face. It’s almost magic how Hina abruptly brakes in her tracks, eyes sparkling at the treat.

“Oh! Did you get this for me, onee-chan!?”

“… yes.” Sayo pushes it out toward her again and Hina takes it like she’s been given the biggest gift in the whole world.

“Wow! Thanks!” And she’s seconds away from just eating it all right up, Misaki can see it, before she pauses. “Hey, onee-chan, let’s race! I bet I could eat this faster than you!”

“What for, Hina? You should enjoy your candy,” Sayo says with a frown, which only seems to fire up Hina.

“If you win, I’ll finally admit that cheese on the steak is better on the bottom than on top!”

“Okusawa-san, referee us,” Sayo immediately commands.

It all happens so fast that Misaki nearly jumps when she finds two pairs of eyes trained right on her.

“… eh? That’s it—wait, what?!” Misaki honestly can’t believe that worked, but Sayo’s intense stare is close to burning holes right through her. “U-uh! O-okay?! I mean, I-I guess!?”

How does she even get into these situations? She’ll never know, and she wishes she did so she can find out how to never get into them.

In any case, though, Hina and Sayo are looking at her expectantly, or well, Hina is, and Sayo is just… well, Misaki can’t tell if she’s being glared at or if it’s the low lighting of the festival doing it this way. Misaki wouldn’t take her chances, not when it comes to Sayo.

“So, uh, on the count of three, I guess,” Misaki says. She looks over at Hina, who’s grinning with the confidence of someone who knows they’re going to win. She looks over at Sayo, whose usual stoicism would be more intimidating if not for the fact she’s concentrating her glare on the cotton candy in front of her like it’s gone and wronged her entire life.

They’re so different from each other that it’s hard to remember they’re sisters, much less twins.

… anyway, the faster she does this, the faster she’ll be done. She raises her hand as she says, “Three, two, one, go!” and drops it down.

Her eyes nearly pop out of their head.

There are very few times where Misaki has been rendered completely speechless, but this is absolutely one of them.

Misaki can only watch, can only stare, can only gape like an idiot as she sees Sayo rip the entire cotton candy free from the stick and jam it all into her mouth within the span of what must be a single second. She even pushes it in to make sure all the candy is in there.

And now, Sayo’s covering her mouth with her hand, and it’s honestly, incredibly, surreal trying to see her still be polite with her chewing (er, well, dissolving the cotton candy) after the most… the most… Misaki honestly doesn’t even know how to describe what she’s just witnessed.

Sayo came out to win, that’d been sure.

Hina finishes gobbling the rest of her candy not long after, and she’s grinning when she turns to her sister. Except—

“E-eh? You’re… you’re finished already, onee-chan?” The smile drops from Hina's face and she sounds so shocked. Sayo doesn’t answer except swallow the rest of her cotton candy down and look at her sister with a half-smile of someone who knows she’s won. Won at... being able to stuff cotton candy inside her mouth really fast.

Misaki still hasn’t fully processed what’s happened.

“Okusawa-san,” Sayo says. Misaki didn’t think it was possible for someone to sound so smug after shoving an entire ball of cotton candy into their mouth, but there Sayo was.

“Y-yeah! U-uh, I mean, er, Sayo-senpai won that one. For sure!” Misaki is squeaking near the end. She still hasn’t recovered. She thinks she never will.

“Whaaaat? Are you sure? Maybe your kouhai’s just being nice!” Hina’s frowning at her, which is the last thing Misaki needs right now in her life.

“No, uh, Sayo-senpai… absolutely won,” Misaki says with as much conviction she can muster, which, given her experience with Kokoro, is a lot. Misaki tries not to notice about how Sayo seems so satisfied when she says it like that.

Hina looks like she’s about to speak again before Sayo (thankfully) interrupts her. “I’ve won, Hina. Now stop bothering Okusawa-san,” she says, chidingly, and her sister finally turns her attention away from Misaki, although she's pouting now.

“Haha! Guess you won that then, onee-chan!” And, just like that, Hina recovers instantaneously and takes her sister’s arm as she tugs them away. “I saw some dog plushies at the game stalls, let’s win some prizes!”

“Dog plushies? Where—wait, Hina, weren’t you supposed to admit that—”

The crowd gets too loud for Misaki to hear them anymore so she’ll never know if Sayo ever got her end of the deal. Still, she's left staring at the spot where the Hikawa sisters had been, still in sheer disbelief at everything that played out before her very eyes. Who would even believe a story like what she just witnessed?

Her phone buzzes in her pocket right in that moment, knocking her out of the mini-daze she'd been in. When she checks her phone, it’s a message from Kanon telling her she lost Kokoro, and also herself somewhere.

“… maybe Kanon-san will believe me,” Misaki mutters as she wanders off to find her wandering senpai.

[chisatowo]

What's the sci-fi fantasy au about, besides uh science I assume?

Yeah, the name doesn't rly reveal a lot does it fnxnshdjf. Well it's a bit hard to describe the au in simple terms, since it's a lot. When I first made it all it was was an alien crash landing on earth story, but then I went "haha wouldn't it be funny if there were also vampires" and things sort of spiraled from there. There's werebeats, there's eldritch horrors, there's mad scientists, there's spellcasters, this au is basically just me making people whatever the hell I want and figuring out the consequences. I can include the list that briefly describes everyone's deal in a sec, but first I guess I should describe the actual plot lol

So for most of the first half of the au's story, things are mostly slice of lifey, with a bit of extra comedy or drama from each band's individual struggles that come from what they are. Eventually though, as conflicts raise between characters and new things are discovered, the stakes start to get bigger as signs of a near future apocalypse start to show. Well actually, that's only rly relevant to like... 3 of the bands? Maybe 4? There's a lot of shit going on znxjshznd. Pretty much everyone has their own plot shit happening, so it's hard to briefly describe it and still have it seem interesting dhshxrhsh. It still takes place in a world mostly similar to our own aside from the magic and horrors and stuff, and the bands are still formed, but the longer the story goes on the more out of hand things get dncndjdv

Anyways! Here's the current list of my brief concepts for what everyone is/what abilities they have (also I just realised that some of these kinda need a bit of context abt worldbuilding shit but I do not want to make this post a whole novel so uhhh just pretend that everything here makes sense I guess (or ask questions))

Kasumi: mad scientist 

Tae: robot zombie ish thing 

Rimi: human(?) Dark magic user 

Saya: human dark magic user 

Arisa: can hear people's thoughts 

Ran: can hear the voices of plants. Sort of.

Moca: werewolf  

Himari: demon

Tomoe: she isn't super magical, but thanks to living close to a huge source of magic for a long time her eyes can glow and she doesnt need sleep 

Tsugumi: werebeast. What kind? Yeah. 

Kokoro: cursed prophet 

Kaoru: human

Hagumi: vampire

Kanon: vampire 

Misaki: alien

Aya: space eldritch horror 

Hina: failed attempt at reviving an old eldritch god 

Chisato: ocean eldritch horror 

Maya: can see through illusion magic and other magical disguises 

Eve: poison cloud being thing

Yukina: human general spell caster, but kinda sucks at it 

Sayo: human, but with some slightly reality breaking abilities she doesn't realise she has.

Lisa: werecat

Ako: same as Tomoe 

Rinko: not a ghost, but has ghost like abilities 

Mashiro: human, but raised by vampires. 

Toko: cursed prophet, but in a family of not cursed prophets who have been under the assumption that they are not a prophet for years 

Nanami: human but raised by demons 

Tsukushi: human but raised by dog based vampires 

Rui: human but raised by werecats

Layer: human monster hunter, specialises in taking away magic from evil spellcasters 

Lock: a sea creature who is also a monster hunter

Masking: human monster hunter who specialises in defending people from werebeasts 

Pareo: alien part 2 babey 

Chu^2: a not cursed prophet, and a powerful one too. 

[bb-brando]

For the Bandori ask: All of them

WHO ARE YOU AND GET OFF ANON PUSSY I KNOW IT’S SOMEONE FROM THE BANDORI DISCORD BC I GOT THIS LIKE THE SECOND I REBLOGGED

ANYWAYS of course imma do it bc i never miss a chance to be a whore! So!

Kasumi: Something you’ve done/started impulsively? How’d it turn out?When I was in HS my friend forced like our entire friend group to join the swing dance club! I never danced so I wasn’t even really considering but it’s like a LOT of fun!! I just don’t have time for it anymore 😔

O-Tae: Any animal you fawn over? Is there a reason why?Birds because I own birds and they’re great. Also dogs but like who doesn’t lol

Saaya: Your best dish?I make some good ass ramen 😤

Arisa: Favorite flower? How about tree?azalea Virginia bluebells are a rly nice shade of blue so those! As for tree,,,dogwood! I used to see a lot when my family would make trips to Oregon they’re real pretty!

Rimi: Ever do something you were nervous about? Did you end up enjoying it?Auditioning for/being drum major of my HS marching band. At the time I saw myself as more of a follower than a leader so I was nervous but I think I did a pretty good job!

Ran: Are you a competitive person?Only when it counts huhuhu

Moca: What do you consider “comfy clothing”?Sweats/pajamas and a t-shirt and a hoodie or somethin

Tomoe: ANSWERED FOOL

Himari: Have you ever tried to be romantic?If I have, my gf can assure you I probably didn’t do a very good job 😔

Tsugumi: Do your friend’s have some sort of nickname for you? How’d it come to be?Uhhh some people call me choon choon cuz my last name (Chun) would always be mispronounced as choon and ppl made the joke like “all aboard the choo choo train” but like “choon choon train” ya feel me?

Yukina: Is there something that you like that isn’t common knowledge? Are you embarassed about it, or intentionally hide it?That used to be anime for a while but now I have a Mu’s sunshade for my car so nope!

Sayo: What’s something you’re always serious about?Other people disrepecting me/my friends/my personal property usually gets me 😐 pretty fast

Lisa: Do you think you’re good at reading the atmosphere?Mmm sometimes! I can usually tell what’s going on between other people from my 3rd person point of view but I’m usually pretty clueless when it involves me 😭

Rinko: is there anything you’re super passionate about?

MUSIC

Ako: Have you ever played a game just because everyone else was? What’d you think?I tried League of Legends my freshman year and I regret it 😬

Aya: ANSWERED ALREADY YOU CUCK

Maya: Do you eat healthy?I don’t eat terribly but I’m not exactly consciously thinking about what I put in my body 😷

Eve: Is there a language that you’d someday like to learn? Is there a reason why?Armenian/Turkish, bc I’m Chinese and Armenian and they didn’t offer Armenian at high school!

Hina: Would you consider yourself smart?Not to flex on yall or anything but I did get a 5 on the AP Stats exam 💪💪💪

Chisato: Is there anything people expect you to be able to do, that you can’t?Recently someone asked me to fill in a trumpet spot for their jazz band and yeah…can’t do that!

Kokoro: What’s your favorite joke?The black knight on the black horse. I can’t put it here but it’s quite possibly the best thing I’ve ever heard. DM me if you wanna hear it. DW IT’S NOT OFFENSIVE OR ANYTHING IT’S JUST KINDA LONG.

Kaoru: Are you a fan of musicals/plays?Sort of but like I don’t stan them or anything :/ Cabaret will always be my fav of all time tho 👌👌👌

Hagumi: What’s your preferred form of exercise?The Brass Gym Strength training/lifting

Misaki: Have you ever pretended to be someone you’re not?I don’t think so???

Kanon: Do you find jellyfish hot?God DAMN jellyfish can get it 😩😩😩💦💦💦

why have you forsaken me anon

YUH

[golden-witch]

First of all, I have to say I’m sorry about your experience with cis fans. As we can probably agree, cis people are uhhh terrible at dealing with trans issues (sorry cis followers!! Time to reflect and consider how your words and actions affect trans people owo). But… 

... the reaction of cis fans can’t be helped. Instead of telling me about how cis fans don’t deserve Confessions, tell me (and my trans nonbinary ass) why I do deserve Confessions because Sayo’s story is so validating

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It’s fine to like Requiem more than Confessions. It’s fine to be critical of a body of work. Again, you are free to have your own opinions.

But, I’m confused as to what you mean. You seem to be coming from a place where Confessions is bad because it disrespects Sayo, the fictional character (correct me if I’m wrong), but that’s irrelevant since Sayo is a character in a story. It’s only useful to examine how Confessions affects real trans people. I like Sayo, a character, because she reflects my experiences as a trans person. However, I don’t seem to have the same relationship you do with consuming fictional media? Characters don’t exist for themselves, they exist for us.

So, I don’t really know about saying “we don’t deserve Confessions.” I think I do!!! I think a lot of fans deserve confessions.

You can’t really say that fans didn’t deserve to know Sayo was trans. I’m not really sure what that means, exactly. They didn’t deserve an answer? Or they didn’t deserve to know who Sayo was…? Beatrice, Kanon, and Shannon weren’t trans until it was confirmed in the story. We had no way of knowing that, so, again this goes back to what I assume is a refusal to look at how this affects real trans people?

Personally, I think the Twilight manga adaptation is superior to the VN AND that Confessions is the best chapter of the manga, by far.

The thing with Twilight isn’t so much that you have to work for the story, it’s that the story simply had no resolution. Ryushiki promised the second arc would reveal Sayo’s hidden truths, but it didn’t. It fell flat! The manga has some of the most meaningful bits in the whole story, in my opinion, because it cements the true meaning of the story: no matter how bleak your present, you can change your future.

[bitchoftruth]

so opnions on ep3

first, characters

Eva is obnoxious. I’m sorry. I used to love her or at least like her but this playthru I’M like..hmmmm dont like this woman. kind of cemented in ????? when she uhhh talks with unparaleled joy about selling ange to slavers so they can cut of her arms and legs and she can “take customers until she dies” which really can only mean one thing. edgy. 

Evatrice isn’t as entertaining when you know just around the corner Erika will appear and not only one up she will like. then up her. I don’t know. Also erikas my fave. 

I’m trying to pay more attention to kyrie but I dislike her also. I wish we had a focus ep on her but what else is new. 

Rosa is really growing on me, even though she’s............rosa.....

Ronove is GREAT he has the best lines this ep. 

on to the ep itself

Banquet was and maybe still is the most popular ep in fandom when I was most active. It has a very strong ending though it does lose some of its effect upon reread which can’t be helped.  I don’t think rereading this ep gave me any particular new insights unlike ep1 and 2. 

Also I thought some scenes went on too long (beatrice vs virgilia...., kanon vs stakes, george and shannon reuining from the dead takes an eternity...) and some conversations were so repetitive. Like I swear evatrice and beatrice argued about how to kill people 10 times and each time the conversation was almost identical. 

I liked the bit with kuwodorian beatrice a lot. poor girl. The tea party is also one of my favorites. It’s the first time Lambda shows her true face, and a rare moment of weakness for beatrice. 

Also the series so far has barely any truth battles? I guess the bulk of them were in chiru but that’s not how I remembered it. At least we’ll get blue truth soon. 

Upon reread this episode feels a bit sloppy compared to 1 and 2, which makes sense as originally another ep was planned (land) so it probably was a bit of a rush job.